What is your charity shop bargain of the week?

caffinated_geek

My woolly jumper buying continues. Yesterday I went to the charity shop that has 10 items for £10 I got a couple of tops, 2 m&s merino wool jumpers, a fat face dress and a mantaray cardigan.
Back up to the charity shops this lunch time to stretch my legs.

Living_proof

I dropped into a charity shop on my way back from Lidl, it was such a nice day I walked the couple of miles and seldom go into this particular shop. There were two pairs of unused loafters - one black Footglove and the other navy suede Dune. £2.50 per pair! I was just about to pay and then noticed a lovely soft purple twin set for £4 and it's my favourite colour so I had to have it. Also a Basler dressy top and cardigan/jacket thing for £2 which looked like a good buy. So in total I spent £11.

When I got home I looked up the Escada outfit which was, by the way, 100% cashmere and showed no signs of having been worn or washed. Online the cardigan is £495 and the top £295. I nearly fell over!

I calculate that I bought £900's worth. A very satisfactory day indeed, and I shall walk more often.

Pollycat

Living_proof wrote: »

I dropped into a charity shop on my way back from Lidl, it was such a nice day I walked the couple of miles and seldom go into this particular shop. There were two pairs of unused loafters - one black Footglove and then other navy suede Dune. £2.50 per pair! I was just about to pay and then noticed a lovely soft purple twin set for £4 and it's my favourite colour so I had to have it. Also a Basler dressy top and cardigan/jacket thing for £2 which looked like a good buy. So in total I spent £11.

When I got home I looked up the Escada outfit which was, by the way, 100% cashmere and showed no signs of having been worn or washed. Online the cardigan is £495 and the top £295. I nearly fell over!

I calculate that I bought £900's worth. A very satisfactory day indeed, and I shall walk more often.

You may keep the shoes but I have serious cashmere envy (and I doubt I'll be the only one).

VfM4meplse

Pollycat wrote: »

You may keep the shoes but I have serious cashmere envy (and I doubt I'll be the only one).

VfM4meplse wrote: »

May God never bestow the gift of moths upon your household

You guys make me look like an amateur.

meg72

silvasava wrote: »

Polly - I do hope the Owl feathers was a bad translation!!

Me to. I was wondering if it was meant to be Fowl i.e. chicken feathers.

GreyQueen

Pollycat wrote: »

My latest mission is a small measuring jug.
I want it for measuring milk for my morning porridge.
I have a large one but I want (not need) a small one.
Am I bonkers?

Of course not! I got a mini Pyrex measureing jug (half pint) in a 25p box at a chazzer years ago. So useful, and used much more than my 1 litre Pyrex jug. I'm of the opinion if the big one had a smashing time, I'd think twice about replacing it, but the small one would definately be replaced asap.

Or as asap as I can find a used one, anyroad.:rotfl:

meg72

silvasava wrote: »

Polly - I do hope the Owl feathers was a bad translation!!

Me to. I was wondering if it was meant to be Fowl i.e. chicken feathers.

Floss

I must confess to having a c.1984 pint Pyrex, plus a hslf pint and lire version, all of which are loved and used

GreyQueen

I really like Pyrex and my singleton household has; two large round casseroles, 4 medium and two small tureens (and a spare lid for one of them, plus 3 small and 3 medium pudding basins, plus a strange rectangular lidded one (ancient) and the two jugs. None of which I bought new, some were my Gran's and some were Nan's and some were Mum's and some came from bootsales and chazzers.

They're in heavy use; one of the large and two of the medium casseroles are in the fridge atm.

Floss

My Pyrex "thing" is hereditary as my dad worked for the US owners Joblings back when I was a twinkle and a bairn in the late fifties & very early sixties, where he met my godfather

Some of my Pyrex is c.1984 1sr wedding gift, some is c.mid 1990s DH's, some is c.1960/70 family heirloom stuff (much discussed with my brothers when clearing mum's home in 2005). Also, DS1 has some 1970's bits from our family home